Cattle-pen, &amp;c.



No. 657,!89. Patented Sept. 4,1900. H. W000 & A. S. WILLIAMS.

- CATTLE PEN, 8w.

(Application filed July 8, 1899.)

2 Sheets-*Sheet I.

(No Model.)

No. 657,l89. I Patented Sept. 4, I900.

H. WOOD &. A. S. WILLIAMS.

CATTLE PEN, 8w.

(Application filed July 3, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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Mme STATES PATENT" OFFICE.

HENRY \VOOD AND ALFRED STROVER \VILLIAMS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

CATTLE-PEN, 84.0.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 657,189, dated September 4, 1900. Appli ati n fi July 3,1899. Elerial No. 722,737. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY \VOOD, residing at Herne Hill, and ALFRED STROVERWIL- LIAMS, residing at 102 Fenchurch street, London, England, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, have invented a new and useful Oattle-Pen and Horse-Stall for Use on Ships and other Vessels, (for which we have applied for Letters Patent in Great Britain, such application being numbered 12,000 and dated June 9, 1899,) of which the following is a specificat-ion.

Our invention relates to eat tle-pens forstowing cattle on board ships and other sea-going vessels; and the objects of our invention are to enable any ordinary seaman in the course of a few minutes to convert a pen capable of containing, say, four head of cattle into a four-stall stable and also to enable an ordinary seaman to convert, in the course of a few minutes, a stable for several horses into a pen capable of containing the same number of cattle.

Now according to this invention we provide suitable stanchions which aresecured at their upper ends to the deck-beams and at their lower ends to the deck at such a distance apart as to form a pen for a suitable number of cattle. Suitable boards are also provided which fit into sockets on the stanchions at the front and sides of the pen to retain the animals thereim the back and top and bottom of the pen being formed by the side of the vessel and the deck, respectively. The said boards are supported at the back of the pen by suitable uprights secured to the side of the vessel. We provide also intermediate stanchions which are hinged to the deck-beams and are capable of being secured to the deck below when the pen is to be used as a stable or turned upward and held up out of the way when cattle are carried. Division-boards supported by the movable stanchions and suitable uprights serve to divide the pen into stalls for horses.

. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a pen con structed according to this invention as arranged to accommodate four horses. Fig. 2 is afront view of same. Fig. 3 is a side view showing pen arranged for cattle. Fig. 4 is a plan view. Figs. 5, 5, and 6 show methods of securing front and side boards to fixed stanchions. Figs and 7 are back views of intermediate stanchions. Fig. 8 is a section of same on line A B, Fig.7. Figs. 9 and 9 are sectional elevations of the upright secured to side of vessel. Fig. lOisaplan ofsame. Figs. 11 and 12 show sockets to receive lower ends of intermediate stanchions. Figs. 13 and 14: show hooks to support the free ends of the intermediate stanchions when turned up.

The same letters denote the same parts in all the figures.

ais the side of the vessel, 1) bthc decks, and c c the deck-beams.

d d are stanchions secured at one end to the deck-beams c c and-at the other end to the deck b.

ff are stanchions hinged at their upper ends to the deck 0, their lower ends being secured in sockets g, attached to the deck Z) when in use.

h h h h 7t are uprights made of channel-iron or other suitable material and secured to the side of the vessel opposite the stanchions.

i 2' are boards forming the front of the pen and supported at each end in sockets formed on the stanchions d d.

7t it are boards supported at one end by the stanchions d d and at the other end by the uprights h h. These boards form the sides of the pen.

Z Z are division-boards supported by the stanchions fff and the uprights h h h and serve to divide the pen into stalls for four horses.

The stanchions d d are provided with two sockets m m in the front thereof and two,

sockets n n at the sides thereof to receive the boards 2' 2' and is k, respectively.

The stanchions d d may be tubular iron columns secured to the deck-beams at the top and to the deck at the bottom. The stanchions f f f are preferably made of channel iron or steel, as shown by Figs. 7 and 8, the upper ends of the stanchions being swaged down, as shown, to receive bolts or rivets 0, by means of which they are hinged to the deck-beams c. Stop-pieces pp are welded to the stanchions to support the divisionboards ZZ, or stout rivets or bolts passing through the stanchions may be used for this purpose. The lower ends-of the stanchions are slotted at q and a bolt "r passed through the slot, so that when the lower end of the stanchion enters the socket g the bolt drops into the recesses r in the socket and secures the end of the stanchion therein. The sockets 'g are secured to the deck I) by bolts, screws,v or rivets. When used as a cattle-pen, the stanchionsfff may be turned upward, as shown by Fig. 3, their free ends being supported by hooks or by any other suitable means. 4 v I The uprights It may be made of cast iron or steel, or they may be pieces of channeliron. They are fitted with stop-pieces in the samemanner as the stanchions fff.

The boards 2' is Z are all of the same dimensions and interchangeable and when not in use they may be stowed away between the deck I) and the rods 75 t, which. latter pass through the deck-beams.

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able dimensions and we may use any number of intermediate stanchions and divisionboards to convert such pens into 'st'abling for horses.

What We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a cattle-pen for use on ships and other vessels the combination of stanchions d d permanently secured to the deck-beams at their upper ends and to the deck-planking at their lower ends and having sockets m m n n thereon, uprights h h secured to the sidelof the ves'selremovable boards 2' i and lo 70 sup ported by the said stanchions; stanchions f f f intermediate between the stanchions d hinged at their upper end to the deck-beams and provided with slots at their lower ends to receive a bolt 1", sockets g g g secured to the deck I) and provided with recesses r to receive the bolts r uprights h h h and removable boards Z Z supported by the stanchions fff and uprights It h h all substan* tially as set forth.

2. a cattle-pen for use on board ships and, eth r s el the tanchi n fff f: he rie r iq hinged the eck-b ms t n end and provided with stop-pieces p p and having slots at the lower ends thereof to. receive bolts 7 the said bolts being adapted to engage with recesses in sockets g g 9 all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Wi nes e EDM S. SNEWIN, R. A, KENNEDY. 

